An economic crisis in the home.

Father absence is not just a social issue. In Ohio, the hidden costs of fractured families show up in your workforce, your community assistance needs, and your local taxes. The data is sobering, but the local evidence is hopeful: when fathers are trained and equipped, families begin to heal in weeks — not years.

Urban Light Ministries positions corporate and individual sponsors as the Gap-Funder in a clean public-private partnership. Local churches provide the infrastructure, fathers provide $10 of skin in the game, and you provide the scholarship that makes it all possible.